I’ve witnessed many arguments and misunderstandings explode over the conflation of these THREE dimensions of what we in trans discourse collectively refer to as gender: Gender Orientation: One’s subjective experience of one’s body, including…
So, who’s heard of Julie Burchill and her “censored” article? Coming to the defense of her maligned feminist friend, columnist and author Julie Burchill wrote an article about trans women. Apparently, her friend Suzanne…
Much attention has been focused on the ‘War on Women’, the anti-woman political policies the conservative movement and Republican politicians have been pushing for years and implementing once they gain political control of state…
A reader writes: “I have questions, but have never had the strength or will to voice them and ask. I am, of course, a genetically born male, and most of the time I’m fine…
This is part of a lecture given on May 5, 2010 by Prof. Robert Sapolsky at Stanford University. Prof. Sapolsky reviews studies he feels make a compelling case for those who assert that transsexualism…
by Zinnia Jones I keep a personal Tumblr for notes on my daily experiences while transitioning, as well as timeline photos documenting my physical development. Recently, an anonymous reader asked why I would keep…
Supposedly, as the RadRight narrative goes, the California bill protecting trans kids in school is anarchy and madness. Unsurprisingly, TERFs and H-BSers jumped on that narrative: You know what? BS. Here in TEXAS –…
So last week, my new book, Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, was reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly – you can read the review here. It is generally positive and I am pretty…
Used with permission: (c) Rebecca Cohen
I’ve noticed that there seems to be some confusion about what a Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) is so, here’s a quick guide to help you figure out if you’re someone who pushes TERF…